Why is that there is more and harsher criticism for american succdems than foreign politicians with far greater tangible power? Anytime AOC is mentioned here, I'll see a laundry list of reasons she is an op who loves nothing more than betraying leftist ideals. Meanwhile, y'all get triggered at the slightest criticism of Ghaddafi.

  • Snake [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I'm talking about Gaddafi's green book, in which he envisions his ideal socialist theocratic society with a very strict patriarchal structure. He states that a woman's primary role is motherhood and any work or education that is not conducive to that is dictatorial. And that contraception is tantamount to murder.

    Why does he get a pass on shit like that? How is that not reactionary?

    • EthicalHumanMeat [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      He doesn't "get a pass" on that; of course that's bad.

      But we criticize him less because he materially improved the lives of Libyans for decades and was brutally overthrown by American imperialists, and now Libya is in ruins.

      American social democratic politicians support the imperialism that seeks to inflict that on other countries, so naturally they get criticized more sharply and more frequently. Also, again, they haven't done anything on par with the good that Gaddafi did with his economic policies and his opposition to imperialism and colonialism in Africa.